Word: celling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Moore-Gerety '02) spews bad double-entendres with annoying regularity; after his girlfriends desert him, he perks up at thoughts of prefrosh virgins. When Al Gore-ish, IOP-loving Jack Canaday (James Benenson '02) discovers that Valerie (Jessica Kirshner '02) has been cheating on him, he whips out his cell phone and gives his father word of a "code red" that could destroy his (i.e., Jack's) political career. B.J. Averell '02, as a Harvard Square "pit kid," changed identities every five minutes; at one point, he had a priceless scene as a prefrosh from the "People's Liberated Democratic...
...ripens tomatoes and gives them their red color, may not only prevent prostate cancer but shrink existing tumors as well. Men who took 30 mg of the supplement (the quantity found in 2 lbs. to 3 lbs. of tomatoes) had lower levels of prostate-specific antigen--an indicator of cell growth--and smaller tumors...
...blade of pure energy, created by a power cell and focused by crystals. The beam tends to be color-codes: Sith lords use red, Obi-Wan blue. While most light sabers emit a single blade, Darth Maul's double-bladed variation, shown, provides twice as much action in a climactic duel with...
...Chaffin '00 skillfully conveyed both Rene's insecurity and futile search for a false ideal of true love when he described through a series of flashbacks from his cell in a Paris prison the details of Rene's scandalous affair. John Doan's portrayal of Rene's friend Marc as a ruthless womanizer who views women as objects designed for his pleasure magnified the pitiful character of Rene, who was unpopular at school, indulged his fantasies by reading playboy and married an older woman he didn't love...
Scientists have done remarkably well in tracking down genes that are linked to diseases, identifying more than 100 illnesses that are associated with single-gene defects, such as Tay-Sachs, sickle-cell anemia and several forms of cancer. In dealing with behavior, however, the results have been more ambiguous. "The idea of finding a single gene that could orchestrate something as complex as behavior, while attractive, is probably not realistic," says Thompson, who notes that many factors tend to influence a person?s actions. There is also an additional element: Studies exploring genetics and behavior are open to question...